Improvement in paper and cloth bosoms



UNITED STATES APATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER AND CLOTH BOSOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,974, dated July 3, 1866.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ARNOLD, of

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Bosom; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l is an elevation of the front of my improved bosom. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken through t-he place indicated by the red line X X.

The object of my invention is to make a bosom to be worn in connection with the common shirt, which shall consist of a cloth front and paper back, and to secure the two parts together at the edges by means of paste or otherwise, and avoid the expense of sewing; also, to leave all of the principal part of the paper and cloth detached for the purpose of preventing the front from becoming soiled by means of sweat, as is frequently the ca-se with the common cloth or paper bosom when made of a single thickness, or of two thicknesses fastened or cemented together.

By this arrangement a very cheap article of cloth may be used for the front, as the gloss is not destroyed on the front, as it would be if the cloth and paper were made fast together.

My bosom is intended to be of that classof goods not designed for washing, but to be worn until soiled and then laid aside. 1t is therefore desirable that it be furnished at as little cost as possible.

I do not claim that my bosom can be made as cheaply as those manufactured from paper; but I do claim that I have secured at small cost one that is both neat and substantial.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my bosom, I will describe the method of construction and operation.

I cut the linen or muslin any form desired, in order to make the required style of bosom. The paper is then cut in the same form as the cloth, and the piaits B A B made by means of the machine used for such a purpose or in any manner that may be desired. The edges of the cloth and paper are then secured together, as shown at I J, Fig. 2, by means ot' paste, mucilage, or otherwise. Care must be used in not allowing the paste to comein contact with the cloth except a narrow margin necessary to keep the front and back together. The imitation of stitching shown at 4 is then put on in the usual manner.

C is the common button-hole used iu securing the bosom to the shirt.

Operation It will require no explanation for using my bosom, as it is worn similarly in all respects to those in common use.

I' do not claim any particular style of 'bosom7 as it may be made plain or plaitedg but What I do claim is- A bosom with cloth front and paper back, when secured together substantially as described, and used for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES ARNOLD.

Witnesses ALBERT HAZARD, J. L. MERIAM. 

